Radio Control: Combat

RADIO CONTROL COMBAT WHILE ON VACATION upstate New York summer opportunity accept invitation Radio Control Club Rochesters first Scale RC Combat meet RCCR meets Contest Director Jim Warner event went quite smoothly due no small part planning club put event model inspected Ed Dickinson safety officer meet preflight briefing held ensure pilot understood 704 rules maintained proper focus safety Pilots helpers attending meet included Jerry Joseph Ed Dickinson Paul Hanlon Tom Salvemini Bob James Bill Stauber Rodney Boatman Don Steeb Mike Hatch Greg Kesel Jim Warner Conrad Kantor Wayne Jeffries model flown Rochester meet Ziggs Original kit RCCR made club purchase Ziggs address 3822 Hoover Dr #4 Madison WI 53714 Tel [608] 249-4480 first-time meet competition fierce resulting several cuts midair collision Conrad Kantor Bill Stauber Greg Kesel placed onetwo-three consensus everyone flew winner Thanks inviting guys great time Anyone has seen book Flying Model Warplanes An International Guide Plans Kits knows invaluable reference Scale modelers author guide Dr John C Fredriksen asking help compiles new edition Anyone information kits plans available England France Germany Italy other countries can write him 461 Loring Ave Salem MA 01970 no other book like modelers give Doc Fredriksen hand can 6614 offering wing core plan combo Piper L-4 Grasshopper model designed Dan Stensby has featured once magazine scratch-built beauties Initially Dan didnt intend offer L-4 plans club members loved way flew easy way launched might think L-4 Combat aircraft might help read Hardy Cannons book Box Seat Over Hell appreciate much combat little Maytag Messerschmitts saw tank-busting being airplane bring down Axis aircraft handgun thousands Grasshoppers served honor during WW II making L-4 perfectly legal 704 Combat Contact Dan DSIGN Models kit plan availability Gus Morfis 4709 Green Meadows Ave Maytag Messerschmitts DSIGN Models has wing-core plan combo Dan Stensby-designed Piper L-4 Grasshopper Yes legal 704 Combat January1996 117 fliers Radio Control Club Rochesters first Scale RC Combat meet models Ziggs Original kits Air Kill Products catapult 704 models catapult has wooden construction 2 x 4 4 x 4 framing DSIGN Models 3519 10th Ave S Minneapolis MN 55407 Tel [612] 724 Torrance CA 90505 Tel [310] 378-5679 wrote tell two cottage companies helping modelers build plans source Marvin Banka 17 Rutledge Ave Trenton NJ 08618 Tel [609] 883-1490 Marvin will cut wood Morfis design prefer custom build model Contact Marvin details other source Air Kill Products 14 Shady Lake Ct Sacramento CA 95834 Tel [916] 425-9933 Air Kill now offers vacuum-formed canopies details such exhaust stacks Gus Morfis MiG-3 Yak-9 series company also offers canopies cowl sets La-S 7 F8F Bearcat F4U Corsair designs promised Air Kill Products will also offer set plans possibly hardware kit catapult own design device rather sturdy wooden affair built 2 x 4 4 x 4 framing Ive seen video catapult launching number different models successfully Since get quite few inquiries types modelers about catapults should probably reiterate sources two other proven designs Merlin Gorowsky 1483 Birmingham St St Paul MN 55106 Tel [612] 774-6129 Merlins design rides 15-foot 2 x 4 ram launches extremely smoothly second catapult Dr Mike Fredricks 1129 Madison St Beaver Dam WI 53916 Tel [414] 887-3225 Dr Fredricks design constructed aluminum angle stock rather wood Again have seen video three designs can attest can help launch model successfully word caution devices appears capable inflicting serious injury careless user bystander Lets make sure use carefully safely New non-Scale RC Combat flier Exterminator Bulletproof Models 1099 N Military Trail West Palm Beach FL 33409 Tel [407] 689-7664 15- 25-sized Exterminator conventional its layout its focused RC Combat its construction features fiberglass/kevlar/carbon-fiber fuselage removable replaceable wings tail titanium-reinforced wing spar produces light-but-tough 360square-inch wing Powered typical 15-sized engine Exterminator weights about two pounds making perfect Open events use 704s 22- pound maximum weight limit scratch-built award issue bit differentIm awarding whole club rather individual scratch-building beauties award goes Seattle Radio Aero Club Snohomish Washington unbelievable amount plan design building effort club puts forth photo meets June has left right standing Jason Milsom scratch-built Fw 189 own design Van Caryl scratch-built Fiat G55 own design Pete Arrivey holds John Batrons scratchbuilt own-design Hurricane Chuck Bowers Ziggs F4U Terry Birkholtz holding Chris Christensens own-design scratch-built 1-16 Rata I16 unique its design also its constructionits made pizza boxes Mark Metge own-design scratch-built 163 kneeling Syd Russel holds Marks Hurricane scratchbuilt club member John Bartons design Chris Christensen holds House Balsa Mustang unidentified flier holds Jason Milsom s scratch-built Fieseler Storch John Barton holds Rogozarski IK-3 built own plans 80% pilots competing clubs 704 events flying own scratch-built beauties no club suffers flying same Mustang Messerschmitt everyone else Have fun fly safely dont forget check six -U A-b Wa rt hog Wing Span ... 48 Length .. 37 Wrni Area. SlOsq Weight ... 4-112 lbs F-15 Eagle WingSpan.44ifl Length.. Wing Area. 510 sq Weight... 4-1/4 lbs new Combat Fighter Series LDM Industries has brought R/C Combat Jet Age Stand-off Scale jet fighters feature complete hardware package foam core wings balsa tail surfaces tough extruded PVC fuselage pre-cut parts models can built ready cover 8 10 hours four models require 40 46 size engine 4 channel radio Since kits designed R/C Combat indude landing gear However detailed instructions included show add landing gear plane makes excellent sport models So part exciting world RIC Combat order Combat Fighter Series kit teday Kit#4010A-to Warthog Kit#4015F-15Eagle Kit#4016F-16Falcon Kit#4018F-18Hornet order Combat Fighter kit send check money order $3995 S&H $4495 total per kit may call fax us LDM Industries Inc PO Box 292396 Dept Tampa FL 33687-2396 Phone 813 9914277 Fax 813 9914810 Florida Residents add 6% Sales Tax VISA & MASTER CARD Accepted AMA SFA Clubs call us about special 6-pack Club Discount Program January1996 119 Since elephants don t fly very well try Peanuts -Polymers Stick & tissue models under 13 inches wingspan g rubber-powered fun small package Old Timer Sport Models also available Ask local model shop send $400 full cata1ogi PO Box 710399-MA Phone 619 448-1818 5uecru-oywer Santee CA 92072FAX 448-l833